Image credit© Bourse de Commerce
At a glance
30–45 minutes
A cloud appears indoors, swallows the Rotunda and disappears again: Fujiko Nakaya turns weather itself into sculpture.
Key Movements
Contemporary Art
Meet the artist
Why go
Nakaya’s fog installation transforms the monumental central space of the Bourse de Commerce into an unstable environment where architecture, visibility and bodies continually appear and vanish.
You'll see
Fog sculpture · Site-specific installation · Tadao Ando architecture · Light · Ephemeral art
Don't miss
Stay through a complete fog cycle rather than simply crossing the Rotunda once.
Artlovers Tip
Stay through a complete fog cycle rather than simply walking through once.
Verdict: ★★★★½ Small time commitment, memorable experience.
Inside the exhibition
Nakaya fills the Rotunda with artificial fog, turning one of Paris’s most monumental interiors into something temporary and unstable. Architecture disappears and reappears as water droplets react to movement, air and changing atmospheric conditions.
About the artist
Fujiko Nakaya (b. 1933) is a Japanese artist and pioneer of fog sculpture who has used water vapour as an artistic material since the 1970s.
Exhibition
Fujiko Nakaya — Cloud #07156
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